Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-15
BRIEFLETS.

Muslin underwear sale at MEGA bes.
Good -four 81 per sack at C. J. Longs
Twenty pounds of sugar for 81 at C.
J Longs.
Nice turkeys and chickens at Truesdale
& O'Connor's
A Rush, of Edgington. was IN the city
yesterday.
All kinds of fresh and smoked fish at
Lamps cash store.
Nice Florida oranges and bananas at
Lamps cash store.
Fresh lettuce, soup lunches and pars~
ley at Truesdale & O'Connor's.
Ask your grocer for chocolate cream
coffee; fine and most delicious favor.
j. 5. Powell, ole of Drurys good
citizens. was in the city today on 5usl>
ness
Supervisors L. c. Elliott and S. E.
Fox, of Buffalo Prairie, were in town
today.
H Potter, Of Shelby county, Iowa,
is on visit 10 his father at Buffalo
Prairie.
Mr.. Phil Mitchell returned last even
ing from trip to GAINESVILLE and other
Wisconsin cities.
The c.. B. & Q. boys will give their
annull hail at Armory hall Friday even>
ing, Feb. IS. 1t will be strictly an invi.
tstion affair
Geo, Henderson, aged sixty eightyears
and q resident of LeClaire, Iowa. since
1855, suicided yesterday By means of
morphine
The Rock Island Lumber company
sent out valentines to the various busi>
ness houses in the shape Of handsomely
engraved calendars.
The carriers were heavily loaded with
cupid's missives yesterday, and a great
mass of the usual ST. Valentines day
matter passed through the mail
Villeroy NJ. Jones, of Galesburg, en-
tered confessions of judgment 10 the
circuit court yesterday. oae in favor OF
D. H. Frisby for S2.42l 81. the other in
favor of A. NJ. Brown fol S294S5.
Mr. Louis May has transferred his
cigar headquarters to the building form
erly used as Fulton market, and Mr.. X.
J. McGee has moved the office of his
marble works into the room vacated BY
Mr.. May in the ARGUS block.
Edwin Booth receives an average sala>
airy of $4,000 per week; Barrett, $500.
The salaries of McCabes clerks are much
less, thereby enabling him to name such
low prices on their muffin underwear as
to be simply unanswer able.
| Mr.. Henry Stuhr died at his home on
Forty-second street at 7 o'clock Sunday
evening. He was forty-fve of age and
had been a resident of Illinois for fifteen
years. He was buried at Riverside Gem.
etery, Moline. this afternoon.
MIR. Geo. E. Bailey received another
letter from Aid. W. II. Lundy this morn,
ing in which that gentleman espresso,
his amazement at the reports which have
gained currency IN Rock Island during
his absence, and says be will be home in
day or two and straighten things up.
W. r. Hutchinson and bride, of Ne,
braska, are visiting at DR.. McKee's resi-.
dence Mr.. Hutchinson was classmatt
with Mr.. McEniry at Aun Arbor, Michi.
gan, and held the Office of president OF
the junior class of S. He is a nephew
of Mr.. McKees.
A regular cat and dog, tooth and nail
| fight sometim mes turns out 10 be grea,
public good, as is shown by the fight be
tween the two great manufacturers Of
cotton underwear over McCabe Bro S
orders. which is the result of this weeks
. demoralizing prices quoted by them.
In order to give their muslin under
wear sale big boom McCabe Bros. are
offering this week lot of cambria eorsei
covers at % cents; splendid large siz,
rufiled night dresses at SO cents; chemise
well made, at Il cents; drawers Is cents
} skirts at % cents, and many other equal
} ly astonishing bargains.